M42

Posted: Oct 4th, 2026

Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: Sky watcher dob 8

Camera: ZWO ASI 662 MC

Mount: Dobsonian + EQ platform

Software: fire capture, deepSkyStacker, graxpert, pixInsight, siril

Exposure:

370 x 1" ISO/Gain: 500

Lonkinkirill265@Icloud.com, Russia

Oct 4th, 2026

6 m

105

Resolution: 1757x1023 px

Scale: 2102 KB

Lonkin_Kirill

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Neb

Siril stacks better and is times faster than DSS. Trust me as someone who has stacked 2574 frames.

4 Oct, 2026 Reply

Lonkin_kirill Replied to Neb

I know that scripts don't work for me in Siril, and I'm too lazy to do everything manually there, so I use DSS.

5 Oct, 2026 Reply

Neb Replied to Lonkin_kirill

I do everything without scripts, it's not hard and it's worth it.
"delete DSS, empty the trash, format the disk and forget about DSS"
- any person from the AstroChannel chat

5 Oct, 2026 Reply

Lonkin_kirill Replied to Neb

Hahaha, okay, I'll do that then

7 Oct, 2026 Reply

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